I've been a professional freelance for a number of years now, working as a copywriter, journalist and author. Like everyone, I struggled when I was starting out, and took a while to find my feet. But after a while, I figured out how to generate more work than I would ever need, and how to earn a very good living from freelancing - and have a great lifestyle, too. Best of all, I now have the freedom to spend more time with my wife Beverley, and watch our children (Ben, Sam, Joe and Jessica) grow up.

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I wish all of you the most success, great patience, the ability to never quit, and ultimate success!

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Ellen

I Never Held You: A book about miscarriage, healing, and recovery is the one I am proudest of because it was born out of my own pain and adversity.I Never Held You: A book about miscarriage, healing, and recovery has helped countless women and their families cope with miscarriage and its fallout, with the help of Dr. Linda Backman, Psycholgist, Grief Counselor and Mom, who wrote the foreword and several of the beginning chapters. She gently guides a woman through her grief, and truly understand the pain she is living.

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My work has been featured in numerous publications in the past five years both online and in print. Since I began writing, I have had the opportunity to be published in secular, gift and Christian books, and have written three books. Most recently, I've had the honor a greeting card being published by Blue Mountain Arts entitled, I Whispered A Prayer Or Two For You. It's doing quite well, and I feel blessed. There's a lot of meaning behind that card. I originally wrote the poem for a dear friend whose husband was ill. Sadly, he passed away. Almost a year to the date of his passing, I received a letter in the mail from Blue Mountain Arts. They'd selected the poem I'd written for my friend to be published as a greeting card! It serves as a memorial to my firend's husband, and shows how much I care for my friend.

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